BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution that calls for renaming Faneuil Hall, a popular tourist site that is named after a wealthy merchant who ...

Visitors pass Faneuil Hall, on April 5, 2022, in Boston. A Boston city councilor is expected to introduce a resolution Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, to hold a hearing on renaming Faneuil Hall, a ...

FILE -- An event at Faneuil Hall in Boston, March 11, 2012. In a city that has long wrestled with issues of race, activists want Peter Faneuil’s name removed from the popular Colonial-era landmark.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s City Council on Wednesday is expected to debate whether to hold a hearing on renaming Faneuil Hall, a popular tourist site that is named after a wealthy merchant who ...

In 2020, the Boston Planning and Development Agency sent a notice of default to Ashkenazy over $2 million in outstanding payments-in-lieu-of-taxes owed to the city, according to NBC Boston, and in ...

Quincy Market in Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Boston City Council members voted to change the name of Faneuil Hall, named after prominent colonial slave trader Peter Fanueil. CLARE ONG/DFP FILE A ...

The City Council voted 10-3 Wednesday to back the calls to rename Faneuil Hall over its namesake’s involvement in the slave trade. The resolution also included three suggestions on who should ...

Peterson has suggested that Faneuil Hall be renamed for Crispus Attucks, an African-American man who was the first person killed during the Boston Massacre in 1770; he is considered the first ...

Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is shown last April. A Boston city councilor is expected to introduce a resolution Wednesday to hold a hearing on renaming the popular tourist site, which has ...

Boston's Faneuil Hall was named after a slave owner. City council calls for renaming the site A statue of Samuel Adams, left, stands near Faneuil Hall, behind, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Boston.